The nurse is conducting a class on human sexual response. The participants have understood the education when they identify that, during the excitement phase of the sexual response, the man may experience what?

A) Nipple erection
B) Hypotension
C) Bradycardia
D) Decreased blood flow to genitals


Ans: A
Some of the physiologic changes include an increase in heart rate and blood pressure, and the appearance of a pink to red flush to the skin. The first obvious sign of arousal in the man is an erection of the penis caused by increased pelvic congestion of blood. The scrotum noticeably elevates, thickens, and enlarges. The skin of the penis and scrotum turns a deep reddish-purple in response to congestion and arousal. Male nipples may also harden and become erect.

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